The global terrorist threat continued to evolve rapidly in 2015, becoming increasingly decentralized and diffuse. Terrorist groups continued to exploit an absence of credible and effective state institutions, where avenues for free and peaceful expression of opinion were blocked, justice systems lacked credibility, and where security force abuses and government corruption went unchecked.

1. A significant increase in the numbers
of persons of concern to UNHCR brought new challenges in 2006. While there
was a 14 per cent increase in refugee numbers from the previous year, the
Office's involvement, together with other humanitarian partners, in protecting
and assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) under the inter-agency
cluster approach, resulted in a doubling of IDP figures. Thanks to better
data capturing, many more stateless people have been identified, also swelling
numbers.